Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek to Step Down

Move Comes a Week After Bratusek Lost Party Leadership

Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek said she will step down next week to allow for parliamentary elections to take place in June.

A week ago, Ms. Bratusek lost the leadership of her Positive Slovenia party, the senior member of the four-party government, after a year in office amid voters' fatigue with tax increases to finance aid for the country's troubled banking sector, which is dominated by three state-owned lenders.